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Hard no to a 4-cyl Corvette.

@smk4565 You are miffed that the C8 is the sales king outselling your brand's sports cars. And when the Z06 meets (and very possibly beats) the M-B GT's 'Ring times, you will only be saltier...

Not exactly true. Over the last two decades, they have routinely gotten mid-20s on the highway. So much context missing here, one doesn’t even know where to begin.

Sadly I think we need more of a market correction right now. Still think it is too high with everything going on right now……

LOL, I hadn’t noticed that. yup, that’d be him coffee and heaters

Its just an engine sound vid that eludes aurally to a flat plane crank. At the end of the video, Chevy confirms a full reveal of the Z06 in the fall.

Just stop it. Just about every import there is new by word market standards and even the Chinese know about the Vette and those with the dough won't give two $h!s about Chevrolet being an "economy" brand. Again, GM knows the China market pretty well and much better than you do. No. And thanks for confirming why you are not in marketing.

Truth here also...

My buddy Tony checking out the new Bronco... New Zealand... Hello Kitty... Amsterdam... Switzerland...

You would be sadly correct. I think of you and your son every day and send good vibes to the great white north from Ohio... Still shocked at what happened. I loved this... Can't help stupid...

So? The Vette in THOSE areas would be sold to affluent folk anyway... You act as if in China, extremely rich folk dont buy cars with big displacement engines... You act as if the Ferrari 458 didnt sell in China because there is a 40% displacement tax. The 458 is 4.4 liters. And costs 3 times as much as the Vette even in China... And in Germany... The LORE of the Vette is more than enough to sway them to buy it... Maybe you should stop being such a self hating American...

I can see Corvette hitting 80 to 100K auto's a year as they bring on an EV version which would sell well in China and the world allowing numbers to go up. I honestly see little growth for China as long as ICE is in the auto.

Way too funny all the comparisons of Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin Rocket ship to Dr. Evil's Penis Rocket. Jeff Bezos' Penis-Shaped Rocket Launches Dr. Evil Comparisons (msn.com)

I agree with the statement that the Vette would not hit 80K/yr, but more importantly; why would anyone WANT it to?? It’s a low volume machine that already sells (traditionally) in higher numbers than I personally think it should. 25K (U.S.) is a good target.

About the Corvette copying Ferrari. Nonsense. The Corvette has, since the C2, be a Ferrari and Porsche (mainly 911) competitor and rival on the streets and on the race track. (And Jaguar XKEs too) Since late model C1s actually... Funny, when Ferrari went to 6.5 liters (396 cubic inches) for its V12, SMK didnt say Ferrari is copying big block American and Chevrolet cubic inches... But they did... because Americana states that there is no replacement for displacement and at 396 cubic inches...oh boy...give me that Ferrari and Ill drag race it on Woodward Avenue! Fair enough!

They're probably also going for a more linear torque curve instead of a brutal punch at any RPM. That's one place the flat planes shine as one can get into the throttle sooner without spinning the rear tires. It should be one hell of a track car, that's for sure. I can't wait to hear one.

I get what your saying and they should see an increase once everything is back to normal with part shortages and such but I do not see it ever hitting 80-100K. Color me surprised if it does, even as good as it is. I agree but I don't think it's too risky, price wise, given the fact that the GT is already expensive as hell lol.

Holy sh!t, thanks! And those articles are over a year old. How did I miss this?!? I had no idea they completely changed the engine for the Black Series AMG GT. It seems like an odd and very expensive move but pretty sweet for the consumer.

That is what I said. The C8 is a platform that will be sold world-wide. And it would have met that had it not been for Covid shut-downs and chip shortages. Corvette would have had at least 50 000 units sold in the US for 2020 and 2021 if things were normal in the world...add another 30 000 units EASILY for the rest of the world.... In 2018, the Mustang in the US lost to the Challenger in sales, yet it sold tremendously all over the world. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/feu/en/news/2018/04/17/ford-mustang-is-worlds-best-selling-sports-coupe-for-third-strai.html Mustang sold 125 000 units that year world wide. Im applying that trend to the C8. And, to me at least, my view it doesnt seem to be that far off from what reality is when it comes to the C8 and how IT is lusted after world wide and how many peoples want it to be in their drive-ways.

Probably huh? And this assumption is based off of what exactly? Maybe you’re basing that off of the Mercedes AMG-GT and their flat plane V8?

I don’t know if it has stayed that true, besides the front engine to mid-engine switch, the Corvette is getting expensive, at least with all the higher trims. And it used to be that most Cadillacs were more expensive than a Corvette, the Corvette is more expensive than 5 of 6 Cadillacs which doesn’t really make sense for a Chevy. The Corvette is still a lot of performance per dollar, but with them costing $70-80k and young people not buying sports cars the Corvette has also become an old man’s car. I actually think they would be well served to put a turbo 4 with a mild hybrid in the C8, they could get the price in the low $50s probably get 23/33 mpg out of it do attract new buyers. Going up market to take on the Europeans pretty much ruined Cadillac, trying to push Camaro to higher prices and making it a track car is going to kill it off because people don’t fit in it, can’t see out of it, and it is too expensive for millennials or Gen Z to buy. I know GM wants to take the Corvette up to the high dollar range because they see European sports cars selling for $200-300k and making big profits off them, but that isn’t what the Corvette is. So are they going to attract new buyers and keep their core or price people out while the Euro snobs ignore it anyway?

I don't think I've noticed a K5 out on the road. It basically is a Malibu body with a cheaper-looking nose, so I doubt I would.

The Corvette has never stood for 'high MPG and low maintenance'. Personally I've never cared for the Euro exotics I've been around; I remember a 355 Spyder one customer had where I was working, and it sounded like garbage. It will be interesting to see the reactions / consumer acceptance. Corvette has stayed more true to it's mission than any other car that's been around 50+ years.

Saw two neat black Fords today—a sharp ‘71 Torino 2dr and a 2007ish Saleen Mustang.

Seems in September at the Munich auto show, Mercedes-Benz will show off their EQG, the electric version of the G-Wagon. Yet according to this story, it seems it will be a Hybrid not a pure EV. As such, it will be interesting to see what motor they have in it as the dual electric motors are supposed to deliver 500 HP. Electric Mercedes G-Class Could Come To IAA Munich As EQG Concept (motor1.com)

The market took quite a dip today - hopefully transitory - but there is some good news today: Canada will be opening its border to FULLY VACCINATED Americans on August 9th of this year. (I knew I did something right.)

From my Facebook friend Vince in CA... Who needs old Pontiacs....all of us, actually.

^ Yep...looks like a '65-67 Corvair convertible.

Found this at my Moms. My dad in his Corvair. At least I thinks it’s Corvair?

Corvette is half the cost of an AMG GT, it should sell better in USA, although I bet the world wide numbers are close. Still waiting on a Corvette to beat AMG GT or the 911 GT2 RS or Huracan Evo on a track. And guess what, without all wheel drive it won’t, does this Z06 have AWD? Sure there is money, but they have never sold a Corvette in China, so it has no following, Chevy is an economy car brand there, and the price advantage the Corvette has in the USA over some Europeans won’t be as great there. So I don’t except it to be a big seller. I think it would make sense to do a 4 cylinder hybrid Corvette for here and China, they could use the CT4-V powertrain with a 48 volt hybrid and have a car that starts at $50k here and skirts some displacement tax there.

This should have been written as: The C8 Corvette would have sold 80 000-100 000 units EACH of the last two years.

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Only way Corvette gets to 80-100k sales a year is if they make it an SUV, which is a terrible idea. I would not be surprised if by 2030 the Mustang Mach-E is outselling the Mustang coupe by so much that they kill the coupe. The Mach-E already outsells the coupe, with the direction coupe sales are going, it would be quite easy for Ford to kill the coupe/convertible and just call that SUV the Mustang and say it is what the market wants.

Because that is how a Ferrari is. And it shouldn’t really matter, if you spend $100k on a car you aren’t worried about gas mileage and most of these will get driven a couple thousand miles a year so maintenance isn’t really an issue either. But Corvette fans like to bash the high revving, expensive, over complex Dohc V8s that the Europeans make, Corvette is copying that strategy and rightly so.

No way would they hit that kind of volume, the Corvette isn’t even sold in China, the worlds biggest car market and they barely sell any in Europe. Even years ago with the C5 and C6 30,000 sales was a good year in the USA and people don’t buy sports cars now. C8 is on pace for 29k sales in the US this year, chip shortage isn’t costing them half their sales. And last year they sold 21,600 Corvettes with no chip shortage. Ford once sold over 500k Mustangs in a year, this year they probably won’t get to 50,000 and next year will be worse. There is no volume in sports cars, which makes me think the only way manufacturers will be able to justify them is if they are over $100k.